Beloved Readers,
In the midst of some interviewing procs at the moment. Fortune actually smiled rather early this time, and I am really grateful for that. Thanks for all your prayers!
Just a quick reflection - something I picked up during my summer internship was that it pays to be transparent. "Radical Transparency" seems to be a concept practiced in Bridgewater, one of the largest hedge funds in the U.S., and was obviously carried over to my workplace by my superiors who used to worked there.
Transparency is described as how adults handle their issues and settle disputes or conflicts: Basing arguments on facts and logic instead of emotion. With the word transparent also comes the connotation of "bare it all" or "say it the way it is", and I often describe it as a "necessary slap in the face". I prided myself in having been exposed to it and vowed to practice it going forward: A frigid, logical way of handling things that is mature, efficient, and beneficial to both parties.
Looking from a distance, I admit I was wrong.
I was wrong for a number of reasons - and not only because there are instances where even the most educated people can meagerly reason with fact and logic, but I also learned the hard way that there is always an appropriate time and place to be transparent.
However, it always pays to be perceived as transparent.
-R
